Title:

Perinatal Mental Health

Description:

This course is designed to provide high quality and evidence-based e-learning resources in the field of perinatal mental health.

HEE has developed a set of four e-learning sessions, each taking around 20-30 minutes to complete. The sessions assume no specific prior knowledge of perinatal mental healthcare and are designed to be accessed by any health care professional that has contact with a mother or baby from the period prior to conception until the child is one year of age.

All content is referenced, and the learner is signposted to additional detailed learning resources for more advanced learning. The content and structure of the sessions were formally agreed working with subject matters experts across the field.

The sessions commence with two introductory sessions, which provide a broad overview of the topic and essential learning points for all health professionals. The two subsequent sessions focus on different stages of a mother’s journey – the pregnancy, birth and the first year of a child’s life. The subsequent sessions contain more detailed advice, which may be of interest to particular professional groups, for example, obstetricians choosing to complete session four on labour and the immediate post-partum.

Introduction to Perinatal Mental Health 1
Introduction to Perinatal Mental Health 2
Perinatal Mental Health in the Antenatal Period
Perinatal Mental Health in the Postnatal Period

Hierarchy:

Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) > Perinatal Mental Health

Keywords:

Perinatal, Mental, Health

Created:

17 Feb 2016

Updated:

7 May 2020